Comments on: RELEASE SCHEDULE FEEDBACK NEEDED!

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runnersuniverse.com » Archive » New Posting Schedule — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:40:19 +0000

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By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:48:36 +0000

Sorry, that was wrong… you don’t want to stretch the break more than 2 months, or you may end up having to build your audience back from scratch.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:40:31 +0000

Scott Christian Sava (Dreamland Chronicles) shows you can do frequent then breaks, with about 2 months max between. He uses fan art and “making of” materials as filler during that time. The caveats are that you do need something to keep people in the habit of looking in, and you probably don;t want to stretch a break beyond 6 months, or you may well reset the audience to zero.

By: Moose

Moose — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:00:45 +0000

I would rather you go with a one page a week update, because those long long break inbetween would be laborous to us readers, and many might just lose sight in your comic. while the no break once a week update makes that set day the Day. Oh boy, Runners is updating today, i can hardly wait!. Your artstyle and background, as well as the universe itself has really drawn me into your comic, and this is me, giddy as a madman waiting for the next page! ^^

Great job.

By: Sean Wang

Sean Wang — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:04:55 +0000

BTW, in my most recent post (Jan 7) above, the two questions aren’t an “either/or.” So don’t feel like you have to vote for one or the other. I’m entertaining the idea of both (early graphic novel and non-Runners-related blog posts). So feel free to post your comments on both ideas. Thanks!

By: justjeff45

justjeff45 — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:06:46 +0000

Solution 1 if that makes the book come out faster.

By: chewtoy

chewtoy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:09:16 +0000

3) keep the current pacing (2 a week) and fill the gap between arcs with all the things you mention in option 2) focusing mostly on Runners supplimenting with “Sean Wang Blog” when needed, particularly convention type things. Just a thought.

By: Feroz Nazir

Feroz Nazir — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:52:34 +0000

Solution one is the way to go.
I prefer reading one page on a regular basis and I’ll be very tempted to buy the graphic novel so I can finish reading the story sooner. And after I finish reading the story I’d still be back here every week to read the commentaries as I find them very interesting.

By: David Carles

David Carles — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:03:53 +0000

Go for solution number 1! And if you needed take a break but keep a entry once a week with news or sketching.

Cheers!

Dave.

By: Sean Wang

Sean Wang — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:29:56 +0000

Thanks everybody for the feedback! It’s great to hear from so many people, and please feel free to keep posting comments as I love to read them. I’m still weighing my options and there have been a couple interesting suggestions posted here that I’ll take into consideration. I do have a couple additional questions:

1) If I do go down to 1 page/week, I know that will draw out the story longer than I’d like for readers. But what if the graphic novel collection came out in print when I actually finished the story content, NOT when it finished posting online? In that case, the graphic novel could be out many months before it finishes posting online. That might help me sell the books since they’ll be out earlier than the web content, and that might make readers happy since they won’t have to wait so long to read the entire story. But would that be weird for the webcomic itself? In that case, the webcomic would no longer be the source for “new” material (except for the commentary) since that content would then be out there in print form. Would that lose weekly readers?

2) If I supplement 1 page/week of story with 1page/week of non-story content, would you like that extra content to stick to RUNNERS? I could show pages in progress (either before or after the finished pages post), concept sketches, and diagrams and turnarounds of characters and props (since I could use that reference myself!). But would people be interested in non-RUNNERS-related posts, IE normal blog-type stuff? For example: convention recaps, other work that I’m doing (although in most cases I can’t post that kind of stuff), movie reviews, etc. I know some readers like to get this kind of “daily life” info from creators, but I’ve wondered if the site should be less of a “Sean Wang blog” and more of a “RUNNERS”-only site and stick to just that universe.

Any input you guys have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

By: chewtoy

chewtoy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:11:44 +0000

I’m with the minority opinion. Being in the same boat (but without the burden of having enough readership to concern myself with losing anyone) I know it’s slow to create. Don’t compromise on the art or storytelling to speed it up. I’m thinking post full arcs at a time with a couple month gap in between. I’d rather read a story thru and then wait for the next “issue” than read one page a week when the story pacing might be compromised. Nothing sucks more than an action sequence that in story time took 5 seconds but in publishing time took 5 weeks.

By: JT

JT — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:56:45 +0000

Go with the once per week schedule. We’ll can always reread whole arcs at single sittings anytime, and this keeps everybody coming back on a regular schedule. It’ll allow you to plug away at a steady pace, and build up a reserve so you can take breaks without us even noticing and keep you from burning out.